Hitching a ride - Newly married couples ride bicycles during a group wedding in Binzhou in Boxing county, Shandong province. Altogether 35 couples took part in the traditional wedding ceremony on the first day of the national holidays. In Beijing, about 110,000 people gathered at Tiananmen Square for a flag-raising ceremony on Tuesday, marking the 64th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. Photo: Xinhua